"A section of the market -- and myself included -- thought
that perhaps we saw panic peak in October," said Elvis Picardo,
analyst and strategist at Global Securities in Vancouver. "No
such luck."

The biggest losers included bellwether names like Potash
Corp POT.TO, EnCana Corp ECA.TO and Canadian Pacific
Railway CP.TO as investors appeared to dump equities
wholesale in hopes of escaping the market meltdown.

"These (stocks) are barometers of market sentiment so when
something like this happens, investors basically get even more
panicky," Picardo said.
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